Goddas

Goddas

Goddas or Godas was a Gothic nobleman of the Vandal kingdom in Africa. He was sent by Gelimer to collect an outstanding tax from the people of Sardinia.

In 533, he began communicating with Justinian I, Byzantine emperor, as an independent sovereign, clearly with the intent of creating his own principality out of the island of Sardinia. In reaction Gelimer sent a large army comprised of most of the available army in Africa to Sardinian under his brother Tzazo [Hodgkin, 669.] to put down Goddas' rebellion. This proved fateful to the Vandal kingdom; for while Tzazo was away, a Byzantine army commanded by Belisarius sailed for Africa with the intention of restoring North Africa to the Byzantine Empire. With the absence of Tzazo and the bulk of the Vandal army, Belisarius was able to land unopposed, and ultimately destroyed the Vandal kingdom.

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*Hodgkin, Thomas. "Italy and her Invaders Volume III". Clarendon Press: 1895.


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